HISTORY OF THE PIPE CLUB BOOK FOR SALE Published in December 2016, the Pipe Club of Norfolk book covers the first 40 years of the club. 54 black and white pages with 40 pictures illustrating various events in the club's history. This book represents a fascinating part of pipe smoking social history. The .pdf file copy costs only GBP £4.99 or USD $5.99 To obtain a .pdf copy, simply click on the following Paypal link and enter payment details: https://www.paypal.me/norfolkpipeclubbook  I shall email your .pdf copy as soon as I see your order. A few hard copies are available on Ebay: click here

Forthcoming events

All meetings at 8pm at the Fat Cat pub, 49 West End Street, unless otherwise stated. August - TBA September - TBA October - TBA November - TBA December - TBA January - TBA February - TBA

PCN on HIGNFY

The PCN was featured on 'Have I Got News For You' - BBC1 - 14th October 2010. You can download the video here: Pipe Club of Norfolk on Have I Got News For You.mp4  More about PCN on HIGNFY here.

December : Xmas draw and cheese and pickles at the Fat Cat

An excellent Xmas draw and cheese and pickles at the Fat Cat, stunningly well organised by the Secretary. Very nice to see Reg Walker but a pity there were not more people there because of the flu.

John, Reg, David and Dominic

November : Annual 3 grams clay

Annual 3 grams clay. Well done to John Betts!

Annual 3 grams clay Red Lion Bishopsgate 17 November 2021 Parson's Pleasure Contestant's choice of pipe 1 John Betts 26:10 2 David Woollard-Kingston 21:50 3 Tony Larner 21:30 4 John Walker 18:00 4 Dominic Summers 10:00

David gives John his prize

October : Annual 3 grams

Annual 3 grams at the Whalebone. Well done to David as usual!

Annual 3 grams Whalebone 20 October 2021 Parson's Pleasure Contestant's choice of pipe 1 David Woollard-Kingston 36:40 2 John Betts 29:50 3 Tony Larner 17:30 4 John Walker 16:30

David, Tony and John

September : AGM

Very nice to see Len and Ben at the AGM at the Fat Cat.

Len, John, John and David

August : Carrow Hill field trip

An excellent evening around Carrow Hill starting at the Berestrete Gates and finishing at The Rose.

Tony, David and John and the Boom Tower

July : Cathedral field trip

An excellent evening around the Cathedral area and we had a fascinating tour by Dominic. We spent the rest of the evening in the Red Lion pub, Bishopsgate.

Tony, Dominic, David and John at Pull's Ferry

June : Annual 4 grams

Annual 4 grams. Well done to David as usual!

Annual 4 grams Lollard's Pit 16 June 2021 Parson's Pleasure Contestant's choice of pipe 1 David Woollard-Kingston 62:10 2 John Betts 46:50 3 Tony Larner 37:30 4 John Walker 24:10

David wins

May : Kett's Heights field trip

An excellent evening around the Kett's Heights area and we had a fascinating time discussing various aspects of Norwich history. We had a walk around Kett's Heights admiring the view and then passed over Bishops Bridge to spend the rest of the evening in the Red Lion pub, Bishopsgate.

John and Dominic The View

January to April : No meetings during the Great Lunacy

The lunacy continues.

The National College of Smoking

The National College of Smoking

Rumpole uses the Common Law to defend the right to smoke

The Pipe Club of Norfolk 1973 to 2010 Miscellany

A Short History of the Club and its Activities

Amend the smoking ban

1945 Newsreel - Charatan factory

1945 Newsreel - Charatan factory

Taken from Pipeline magazine

Pipeline magazine ran from 1969 to 1978. It was published by the Pipe Club of Great Britain, 17-19 John Adam Street, London. Here are a few pieces scanned from it. Image intensive!

Pangbourne Pipe Club - 1940

Interesting Pathé newsreel of Pangbourne Pipe Club in 1940.

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